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Re: https://melpa.org/packages/w3m-20180221.2059.tar: Not found
Dear Boruch,
>>>>> Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@xxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi Albaro, I can;t speak officially on behalf of the project, but
> I can explain a point that may be the crux of confusion for many
> users of emacs-w3m: The emacs-w3m project has not historically
> ever been involved with what MELPA distributes.
> What is happening is that an independent downstream party is using
> git and github to un-officially mirror the project as a git
> repository. At some point that mirror ends up as part of the
> github account 'emacs orphanage', and at some point some
> independent downstream party made a MELPA recipe for that
> repository.
I think this information will be much appreciated. It certainly has
cleared up my misunderstanding.
> The emacs-w3m project has historically distributed its code
> directly from the project web site, using CVS. See there for the
> officially supported install instructions.
> Recently, there *has* been talk on this list about either
> migrating the project to git, or running a git repository in
> parallel to CVS. That would bring the project itself closer to
> being able to act directly as a MELPA source, and to be able to
> ensure quality-control on what MELPA users experience with
> emacs-w3m.
Would not moving from CVS to git add to confusion in that there would be
two emacs-w3m git distributions, only one of which would be official. At
least with CVS, a user does not have to worry about getting the `wrong'
URL, the labels git and CVS being sufficient discriminators. Just a
thought.
Best wishes,
Colin Baxter
m43cap@xxxxxxxxxx